Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager

Are you a dedicated professional with a background in team leadership for maintenance tasks related to highways and bridges? If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply for the position of Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager with the Department of Transportation, Beaver County. In this role, you will serve as an assistant to the County Maintenance Manager responsible for all maintenance activities occurring in an assigned area of Beaver County. Join a team that values your commitment to public service and is focused on enhancing public safety. Take the next step in your career and apply today!

In this essential position, you will oversee highway maintenance operations within a designated area of the Beaver County Maintenance Organization. Your responsibilities will include serving as the Assistant County Maintenance Manager in addition to developing programs, estimates, and plans for various maintenance operations, including surface treatment, surface patching, aggregate stockpiling, snow removal and more. You will provide direct supervision to general and specialized maintenance crews in the performance of highway and bridge maintenance activities and minor construction projects. Work involves developing, negotiating, monitoring, and evaluating agility agreements for an assigned area to ensure services are being exchanged in a fair and equitable manner. Communication is key as you will meet with representatives from local government and public service organizations to discuss projects and to develop work priorities. You will have the opportunity to plan, assign, prioritize, and evaluate work of subordinates, interview and select employees, determine training needs, and resolve problems.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Schedule subject to change due to weather, seasonally, and/or due to operational needs.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time on an ad-hoc basis, per manager's approval. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Rochester.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $67,736.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Coordinator, Roadway Programs Coordinator, or Transportation Construction Manager 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Six years of technical experience in highway maintenance, highway construction, or maintenance of heavy equipment used in highway construction projects; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• This position requires possession of a valid PA non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.